Clothes hanger



J. T. DOLAN CLOTHES HANGER July 24, 1951 Filed Oct. 5, 1946 Inventor Jobn 7100111:

Patented July 24, 1"951 UNITED STATES PATENT oer ice John '1'. Damn, New Rochelle, N. Application October 3, 1946, Serial No. 700,873

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in clothes hangers, and the principal object of the invention isto provide a device of the character herein described, such as may be conveniently and effectively employed for supporting clothes while drying.

A furtheriobject of the invention is to provide a clothes hanger which is particularly adapted for attachment to a suitable supporting structure, such as a wall of a building, and which is of a collapsible nature, whereby the same may be easily folded when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes dryer which is simple in construction, pleasing in appearance, and which may be easily manipulated.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a clothes dryer which will readily lend itself to economical manufacture and which will not easily become damaged.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the same, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail showing the mounting of clothes pins used in the invention.

Like characters of reference are used to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a clothes hanger designated generally by the reference character II], the same embodying in its construction a pair of spaced upright side members II secured together by upper and lower cross members I2 and I3 respectively, and coacting therewith to form what may be referred to as a stationary framework I4.

If desired, the cross members I2, I3 may be of a rod-like configuration, and it will be noted that the side members II are provided at the upper ends thereof with a pair of suspension brackets I5, whereby the hanger as a whole may be conveniently suspended or attached to suitable supporting structure, such as the wall I6 of a building.

A movable rack I'I consists of a pair of spaced side bars I8, each of the latter, in turn, comprising a pair of spaced side pieces I9. A pair of trans- 2 versely extending tie roos 20 and 2| are disposed adjacent the opposite end portions of the side bars I8, whereby the set of four side pieces (I9) is rigidly secured together, aswill be clearly apparent from the accompanying drawings.

The tie rod 2| is somewhat longer with respect to the rod 20 and the end portions thereof are rotatably journalled in the lower end portions of the side members I I, whereby thefrack Il may be swung, so to speak, as indicated at 22.

Means are provided for retaining the rack H in a substantially horizontal position, the same comprising a pair of flexible suspending members, such as the chains 23, attached at one end to the cross member I2 and at the remaining end to the tie rod 20.

A row of clothes pins 24 of conventional design is provided between the side pieces I9 of each of the side bars I8, said :pins being transversely aligned in pairs, in order that each pair of pins may be conveniently employed for supporting an article of laundry.

Each of the clothes pins 24 is pivotally attached, so to speak, to the adjacent side pieces I9 by means of a short shaft or pin 25, so that the pins will be disposed in a substantially upright position, when the rack I1 is substantially horizontal, as is best shown in Figure 2.

When the invention is not in use, the rack I1 may be simply swung into its folded or collapsed position indicated by the phantom lines 26, durillg which action the clothes pins 24 will become nested, as it were, one upon another, as indicated in Figure 4.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is considered unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A clothes hanger comprising in combination, a pair of spaced upright side members and upper and lower cross members connecting said side members and forming a stationary framework, said framework being adapted for attachment to supporting structure, a movable rack comprising a pair of spaced side bars and a plurality of transversely extending tie rods clothes pins, pivotally mounted between the side pieces of each of said side bars, said'pins being transversely aligned in pairs.

2. A clothes hanger comprising a pair of paral lel spaced members, means connecting said members to each other, a first and a second' set' of parallel side bars, a pivot shaft extending through one end of said first and'second sets of said bars and through the-lower endsofsaid f members, a plurality of spaced pins extending through said side bars of each of said setsfa plurality of clothes pins"disposed between said side bars of each set andpivotally mounted on said pins for movement between said side bars,

and means including a flexible element attached to said first and second sets of side-bars andto said members for supporting said side-bars in a position disposed transversely of said members. I

3. A clothes hangercomprising a pair of parallel spaced members, means connecting said'members to each other, a first and a second set of parallel side bars, a pivot shaft extending through one end of said first and second sets of said bars and through the lower ends of said members, a plurality of spaced pins extending through said side bars of each of said sets, a plurality of clothes pins disposed between sa1d side bars of each set and pivotally mounted on said pins formovement between said side bars,

other ends of said first and second sets of side bars, a pair of flexible elements each having one fend thereof secured to said tie rod adjacent one of said sets of side bars, the other ends of said l5 elementsbeingv secured to said parallel members.

10 a=""tie"ro;d extending through and connecting the JOHN T. DOLAN.

REFERENCES CITED 20 The following referenes are of record in the filefloi this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Date Number Name V 25 426,313 Paxson Apr. 22, 1890- 971393 Crane Septr27, 19 10 1,435,183 Shepherd Nov. 14; 1'922 2,067,833 Edison Jan.- 12, 1937 Campbell Feb. 24, 1942 

